UM Population Studies Center
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The Michigan Population Studies Center & Population Dynamics and Health Program are interdisciplinary communities of scholars in population research and training: Where demographers find their people!
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Check out our new paper (+ the accompanying web viz)!
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Check out our new paper (+ the accompanying web viz)!
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🆕 paper & blog joint w/ @nkarachiwalla.bsky.social & @meanregressive.bsky.social!
🤝When asked to support a school meals program, many households reduced contributions as others gave more—opposite of findings from high-income labs.
WP: hdl.handle.net/10568/176850
Blog: www.ifpri.org/blog/all-in-...
🤝When asked to support a school meals program, many households reduced contributions as others gave more—opposite of findings from high-income labs.
WP: hdl.handle.net/10568/176850
Blog: www.ifpri.org/blog/all-in-...
All in together? How communities contribute to school meals programs
The dynamics of cooperation.
www.ifpri.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🆕 paper & blog joint w/ @nkarachiwalla.bsky.social & @meanregressive.bsky.social!
🤝When asked to support a school meals program, many households reduced contributions as others gave more—opposite of findings from high-income labs.
WP: hdl.handle.net/10568/176850
Blog: www.ifpri.org/blog/all-in-...
🤝When asked to support a school meals program, many households reduced contributions as others gave more—opposite of findings from high-income labs.
WP: hdl.handle.net/10568/176850
Blog: www.ifpri.org/blog/all-in-...
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Love this piece by @apduorg.bsky.social on how "Government data shape and improve our lives from the moment we wake up until the moment we go to sleep." The destruction -- through direct and indirect attacks-- of federal data collection systems will harm us all.
A Day in the Life with Federal Government Data – Association of Public Data Users
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November 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Love this piece by @apduorg.bsky.social on how "Government data shape and improve our lives from the moment we wake up until the moment we go to sleep." The destruction -- through direct and indirect attacks-- of federal data collection systems will harm us all.
Bill Axinn's journey toward research in Nepal began in the 7th grade when he joined his parents' work trip to the Chitwan Valley. There were goats on the plane. Read about Axinn and the Chitwan Valley Family Study's 30th anniversary! @jkaroub.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social
Bill Axinn celebrates a milestone 30 years of his Chitwan Valley Family Study in Nepal and shares how long-term commitment to social research can tell the real story of the impact of changing community and household dynamics. Read the full conversation: https://myumi.ch/qZjnX
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Bill Axinn's journey toward research in Nepal began in the 7th grade when he joined his parents' work trip to the Chitwan Valley. There were goats on the plane. Read about Axinn and the Chitwan Valley Family Study's 30th anniversary! @jkaroub.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social
Public policies often address problems after they occur. Paul Fleming joins our next @um-psc.bsky.social brown bag to discuss his new book on "prevention thinking," inviting us to identify root causes and listen to communities to build a better world. Live/Zoom: psc.isr.umich.edu/events/flemi...
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Public policies often address problems after they occur. Paul Fleming joins our next @um-psc.bsky.social brown bag to discuss his new book on "prevention thinking," inviting us to identify root causes and listen to communities to build a better world. Live/Zoom: psc.isr.umich.edu/events/flemi...
All are welcome at our Dec. 2 @um-psc.bsky.social cookie swap and coffee chat. Come at 10 to hit our coffee chat and brief interview with @amy-pienta.bsky.social -- or come by and grab some cookies available all day! ☕ ☃️ 🍪 @micda-umisr.bsky.social @icpsr.bsky.social PSC Events: myumi.ch/rrXzE
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
All are welcome at our Dec. 2 @um-psc.bsky.social cookie swap and coffee chat. Come at 10 to hit our coffee chat and brief interview with @amy-pienta.bsky.social -- or come by and grab some cookies available all day! ☕ ☃️ 🍪 @micda-umisr.bsky.social @icpsr.bsky.social PSC Events: myumi.ch/rrXzE
Mark your calendar for the next, hybrid half-day PDHP Workshop with @d3center.bsky.social experts, covering Adaptive Interventions: Dec. 12! Register at pdhp.isr.umich.edu/workshops/ @leb112358.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Mark your calendar for the next, hybrid half-day PDHP Workshop with @d3center.bsky.social experts, covering Adaptive Interventions: Dec. 12! Register at pdhp.isr.umich.edu/workshops/ @leb112358.bsky.social
TODAY! Join our Brown Bag Series live or on Zoom as postdocs Isabel Brooks, @wescorking.bsky.social, @shanedburns.bsky.social, and Shu Xu present their current projects: psc.isr.umich.edu/events/postd...
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
TODAY! Join our Brown Bag Series live or on Zoom as postdocs Isabel Brooks, @wescorking.bsky.social, @shanedburns.bsky.social, and Shu Xu present their current projects: psc.isr.umich.edu/events/postd...
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Philip Mulder and I are excited to share a major update to our working paper, "Property Insurance and Disaster Risk: New Evidence from Mortgage Escrow Data," with NYT coverage and making our data publicly available!
www.nber.org/papers/w32579
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www.nber.org/papers/w32579
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Property Insurance and Disaster Risk: New Evidence from Mortgage Escrow Data
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Philip Mulder and I are excited to share a major update to our working paper, "Property Insurance and Disaster Risk: New Evidence from Mortgage Escrow Data," with NYT coverage and making our data publicly available!
www.nber.org/papers/w32579
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www.nber.org/papers/w32579
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Heads up! If you are interested in pursuing graduate studies in survey and data science (read: all things quantitative social science) at the University of Michigan, please check out these upcoming info sessions!
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Heads up! If you are interested in pursuing graduate studies in survey and data science (read: all things quantitative social science) at the University of Michigan, please check out these upcoming info sessions!
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👀 Don't miss this thread by 2025 @aaas.org inductee and @rcgd-isr.bsky.social affiliate David Dunning @daviddunning6.bsky.social, and his featured talk -- sharing what we believe to be wisdom.
#LookToMichigan #PsychSky @umisr.bsky.social
#LookToMichigan #PsychSky @umisr.bsky.social
Last month I was honored, w/ 200 peers, to be inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. A surprise. Further, I was invited to give the featured talk at the closing session, followed by a conversation w/ Dr. Laurie Patton, the Academy’s president. 1/3
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aLI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aLI...
David Dunning Presentation and Conversation - 2025 Induction Weekend
YouTube video by American Academy of Arts & Sciences
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November 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
👀 Don't miss this thread by 2025 @aaas.org inductee and @rcgd-isr.bsky.social affiliate David Dunning @daviddunning6.bsky.social, and his featured talk -- sharing what we believe to be wisdom.
#LookToMichigan #PsychSky @umisr.bsky.social
#LookToMichigan #PsychSky @umisr.bsky.social
MI's Reconnect Program provides free community college for residents 25+ without a college degree. @um-ypl.bsky.social and @upjohninstitute.bsky.social unpack who applied for the program, and how added supports could help Michiganders succeed. @bradhershbein.bsky.social ⬇️
📝Brian Jacob and an incredible team of researchers released their analysis of the MI Reconnect Program that provides for free community college for Michiganders 25+ without a college degree. youthpolicylab.umich.edu/research/rep...
Understanding Michigan’s Reconnect Program Applicants
youthpolicylab.umich.edu
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
MI's Reconnect Program provides free community college for residents 25+ without a college degree. @um-ypl.bsky.social and @upjohninstitute.bsky.social unpack who applied for the program, and how added supports could help Michiganders succeed. @bradhershbein.bsky.social ⬇️
Causes behind childhood mental health problems classed as internalizing (e.g., anxiety, depression) or externalizing (aggression, ADHD) aren't fully known, but epigentics may play a role. A new scoping review looks at how DNAm summary measures relate to these traits: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
doi.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Causes behind childhood mental health problems classed as internalizing (e.g., anxiety, depression) or externalizing (aggression, ADHD) aren't fully known, but epigentics may play a role. A new scoping review looks at how DNAm summary measures relate to these traits: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
Aging women experience a larger share of vision loss compared to men-- but risk factors that shape this disparity vary. New, cross-national HRS analyses by @shanedburns.bsky.social et al suggest education and healthcare make a difference.
doi.org/10.1332/2976...
doi.org/10.1332/2976...
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Aging women experience a larger share of vision loss compared to men-- but risk factors that shape this disparity vary. New, cross-national HRS analyses by @shanedburns.bsky.social et al suggest education and healthcare make a difference.
doi.org/10.1332/2976...
doi.org/10.1332/2976...
Get a taste of research going on in the @um-psc.bsky.social training program as we hear from postdocs and postdoc affiliates presenting on their current projects: Isabel Brooks, @wescorking.bsky.social, @shanedburns.bsky.social, and Shu Xu join us Nov. 24! psc.isr.umich.edu/events/postd...
November 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Get a taste of research going on in the @um-psc.bsky.social training program as we hear from postdocs and postdoc affiliates presenting on their current projects: Isabel Brooks, @wescorking.bsky.social, @shanedburns.bsky.social, and Shu Xu join us Nov. 24! psc.isr.umich.edu/events/postd...
At today's @um-psc.bsky.social brown bag seminar, PSC alum @angabridged.bsky.social is presenting insights on technology and social connectedness. The impacts of connection are not always positive, and depend on context.
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
At today's @um-psc.bsky.social brown bag seminar, PSC alum @angabridged.bsky.social is presenting insights on technology and social connectedness. The impacts of connection are not always positive, and depend on context.
Don't miss @um-psc.bsky.social alumnus @angabridged.bsky.social at TODAY'S PSC Brown Bag: Shannon Ang of NTU Singapore joins us presenting on ways older adults stay socially connected online. #sociology Live and on Zoom: psc.isr.umich.edu/events/ang/
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Don't miss @um-psc.bsky.social alumnus @angabridged.bsky.social at TODAY'S PSC Brown Bag: Shannon Ang of NTU Singapore joins us presenting on ways older adults stay socially connected online. #sociology Live and on Zoom: psc.isr.umich.edu/events/ang/
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Things I loved about #GSA2025:
- seeing my friends
- talking about NHATS/NSOC
- hearing about lots of interesting and important new work
- eating an excessive amount of clam chowder
- seeing my friends
- talking about NHATS/NSOC
- hearing about lots of interesting and important new work
- eating an excessive amount of clam chowder
November 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Things I loved about #GSA2025:
- seeing my friends
- talking about NHATS/NSOC
- hearing about lots of interesting and important new work
- eating an excessive amount of clam chowder
- seeing my friends
- talking about NHATS/NSOC
- hearing about lots of interesting and important new work
- eating an excessive amount of clam chowder
Public health leaders defend disparity research: "Documenting the adverse effects of racism and discrimination and designing studies to ameliorate their insidious effects should be prioritized at NIH, not canceled." @amjpublichealth.bsky.social ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2...
ajph.aphapublications.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Public health leaders defend disparity research: "Documenting the adverse effects of racism and discrimination and designing studies to ameliorate their insidious effects should be prioritized at NIH, not canceled." @amjpublichealth.bsky.social ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2...
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How do romantic partnerships shape support for older adults with dementia? @spattersearch.bsky.social examines whether or not older adults with dementia are likely to be partnered with other older adults and what that looks like for their care. #GSA2025 @um-psc.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
How do romantic partnerships shape support for older adults with dementia? @spattersearch.bsky.social examines whether or not older adults with dementia are likely to be partnered with other older adults and what that looks like for their care. #GSA2025 @um-psc.bsky.social
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New insights on maternal mortality from historical demographer and former ICPSR Director George Alter.
With a new measure to understand causes of maternal mortality, historical demographer George Alter finds infectious disease & nutrition improvements likely impacted falling maternal mortality more than shifting obstetrical practices. Just out in Population Studies: psc.isr.umich.edu/news/new-ins...
New Insights on Historic Causes of Maternal Deaths
In historical populations, female death rates usually exceeded male death rates during the reproductive ages. The most obvious cause of this difference is deaths resulting from childbirth. Parish regi...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
New insights on maternal mortality from historical demographer and former ICPSR Director George Alter.
These 3 generations received PAA’s Dorothy Thomas Award for graduate work in demography 20 years apart– in 1983, 2003, and 2023. Read about PSC's legacy of PAA wins and nominate a colleague! psc.isr.umich.edu/news/u-m-phd...
@davidalam.bsky.social @burgards.bsky.social @popassocamerica.bsky.social
@davidalam.bsky.social @burgards.bsky.social @popassocamerica.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
These 3 generations received PAA’s Dorothy Thomas Award for graduate work in demography 20 years apart– in 1983, 2003, and 2023. Read about PSC's legacy of PAA wins and nominate a colleague! psc.isr.umich.edu/news/u-m-phd...
@davidalam.bsky.social @burgards.bsky.social @popassocamerica.bsky.social
@davidalam.bsky.social @burgards.bsky.social @popassocamerica.bsky.social
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Nominate your awesome colleagues! @popassocamerica.bsky.social
The Dorothy S. Thomas Award is presented annually for the best graduate student paper on the interrelationships among social, economic and demographic variables. Nominations now open! Submit a nomination by January 31, 2026. buff.ly/sMThJ6E
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Nominate your awesome colleagues! @popassocamerica.bsky.social
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Looking for your favorite MiCDA researcher? Check out their upcoming presentations Tuesday, November 11 - Saturday, November 15 at #GSA2025 in Boston, Massachusetts
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November 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Looking for your favorite MiCDA researcher? Check out their upcoming presentations Tuesday, November 11 - Saturday, November 15 at #GSA2025 in Boston, Massachusetts
micda.isr.umich.edu/wp-content/u...
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Did you know? NACDA is the largest free public repository of aging-related datasets in the U.S., making it easier than ever to dive into health, behavior & aging across the lifespan. Swing by Booth 319/321 and let’s chat data! #GSA2025 #agingdata
Learn more: www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/nacda/...
Learn more: www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/nacda/...
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Did you know? NACDA is the largest free public repository of aging-related datasets in the U.S., making it easier than ever to dive into health, behavior & aging across the lifespan. Swing by Booth 319/321 and let’s chat data! #GSA2025 #agingdata
Learn more: www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/nacda/...
Learn more: www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/nacda/...